美国文学Lecture 7

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1、Lecture7EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)EdgarAllanPoe(1809-1849)Poe:AMiserableChildhoodFatherdiedoneyearafterPoewasborn.MotherDiedin1811andleftpennilessEdgarandtwootherchildren.Poehadanunhappyrelationshipwithhisstepfather.AperceptivebutscathingcriticEmersonMarkTwainWhitma

2、nT.S.EliotRespectedandwelcomedbySwinburneBernardShawD.H.LawrenceW.H.AudenPoe’spoetictheory:Apoemshouldbeshort,readableatonesitting;Itschiefaimisbeauty;Melancholyisthemostlegitimateofallthepoetictones;PurepoetryAnevenmetricalflowinversificationPoe’stheoryfortheshor

3、tstory:Brevity:toensurethetotalityofimpression;Compression:thefirstsentencetobringoutthesingleeffectofthestoryThefullestsatisfaction:logicaltruthPoeFatherofpsychoanalyticcriticismFatherofdetectivestoryLeftavisibleimprintonH.G.Wells,T.S.EliotandWilliamFaulkner